NF-S12A PWM, High-Performance Quiet Fan 120mm

This is the king of quiet PC fans. I checked specs on a number of them, and none match this for both noise levels and airflow. It runs at a maximum of 1200 RPM, or can be limited to no more than 800 RPM using the provided low-noise adapter. Also provided is an extension cable, screws, and rubber mounting devices that can take the place of screws, providing a mounting system guaranteed not to have any vibration noise. All provided in a stylish book-like package, with a nicely laid out instruction manual. Performance is excellent. It's extremely quiet while still moving a good amount of air. It looks good too, if you're into that sort of thing. Makes a change from plain boring black or grey devices. Installation is easy enough using the screws provided. The rubber mounting devices are a bit trickier, especially if you're trying to install the fan in a cramped PC case and/or where you can't get full access. You need to pull them through the screw holes, and they are a tight fit, requiring them to be wiggled around to get them fully through the holes. This is OK if you can get full access to the holes, but can be very hard if you're trying to install it in a tight place. If you're trying to lower the noise of your PC fans, or any device that uses (or can use) a 12cm / 120mm fan, then I know of no fan better than this one. The only downside is the price. It's definitely priced for the enthusiast market, and is packaged as such: everything about it shouts quality, high-end product. That's fine, but I likely would have bought a couple more if I didn't have to keep paying for stuff I don't need. It's a shame that they don't offer a 'bare' version that doesn't include the accessory pack. While it's well put together, and will be appreciated in many installations, there are likely many users who, like me, only need the fan, and won't use the provided screws, rubber mounts, extension cable or low noise adapter (all of which can be bought separately if the buyer later changes their mind about needing them.) Noctua really should consider also making the fan available on its own so that users who don't need all the other stuff don't have to pay for accessories and packaging they really don't need. I suppose they prefer to be seen as a luxury brand, but that's definitely costing them a few extra sales, at least from me.

I only buy Noctua now. They're fan-tastic (sorry!). So quiet, yet effective. I wasn't a fan (eek) of the brown colour but now I've got used to them I equate the colour with sheer quality.

Contains all the bits and bobs you would expect. I particularly enjoy the short 15cm cable with 30cm extension for case fans allowing me to choose which fans go to which headers on the motherboard no problem. Very quiet fan. Great for low static pressure situations like case cooling, not suitable for radiators or heatsinks. You should get high static pressure fan for those situations. Make sure to have a look on Noctua's website before buying to make sure you get the right fan for your situation - they have a lot to choose from and all of them have very specific purposes. My motherboard has 12V 1A PWM fan headers and it can read and control the fan speeds, good for this fan (12V 0.05A) so make sure you buy the right fans for your motherboard or fan controller for the best result. Additionally, the included splitter cable allows me to connect both fans to a single fan header. Quote from Noctua website: "The NA-YC1 Y-Cables make it possible to run two 4-pin PWM fans on a single fan header and to let the mainboard control the speed of both fans simultaneously. Multiple NA-YC1 can be daisy-chained to control more than two PWM fans via one header." which is great since my headers provide 1A each. I got two of these to replace front fans in my case connected with a splitter and then one at the back with an extension because both of the case fan headers I'm using are at the front of the motherboard. I can control the front fans simultaneously and the rear fan separately for the best balance of noise and airflow, but it's generally so quiet anyway that the only real benefit of running these fans slower is that my dust filter will require less cleaning. Regarding price and value for money, the price is comparable to any decent RGB PWM fan, but with this fan we trade the RGB nonsense for a 6 year warranty, excellent build quality and probably the least noise of any 120mm fan you can buy.

Great all rounder case fan. Decent airflow. The rubber padding definitely helps reduce noise, but I recommend using the metal screws to keep everything secure.

Only had the fans a short while [1 week] but they have sunk my temperatures by 10-20degrees on idle whilst remaining at low noise. The only reason this is given 4 stars is because despite all the extras included in the box, the mounting option is soft plastic that bends so much, I can't fit it easily through the hole on all 4 sides due to case access restrictions for the top most case fan. So I gave up and used a screw...or at least tried to, but then realised these weren't able to fit the case I have [a now dated Antec P180]. A great case however - after 12 years. The good news is, 4 stars only for my experience. You might have a 5* experience. Advice to anyone buying these, expect to use screws if fitting this somewhere fiddly, unless you have ninja-like finger abilities :D

I bought one of these to test out as potential replacements for the Cooler Master fans already within my computer. I was so impressed that I immediately bought 2 more to replace the rest of the fans in my case. The overall result is significant. Before I got these my computer sounded like it was preparing to take off, now, with the Noctua fans installed, it sounds like a cool summer breeze!? Additionally, my computer runs just as cold as before! Within the box you get included the fan (obviously), 4 screws to attach it to the case, 4 rubber pegs to attach the fan to the case and reduce the sound caused by vibrations (used instead of the screws), an extension cable (so you can plug your fan in from a larger distance from the mother board), a splitter cable (so you can plug in 2 fans into one fan port) and a Low-noise-adaptor (a cable you plug the fan into which reduces the max speed of the fan, reducing the max noise produced at the cost of a lower air flow - a piece of kit I feel is not needed as the fans are near silent anyway). As this was the first time I have really gone into computer fan replacement, I made some notes on this fan I'd like to share. These a PWM fans, they adjust their speed based on the temperature of the computer (when plugged into a 4-pin connector on the mother board), you can also get an FLX varient (which runs at one, constant speed - which you can adjust via supplied cables), and a ULN varient (which runs at one, constant speed, slow and quiet speed - which you can also adjust via supplied cables). You may notice other varients of this fan called the NF-S12 and NF-S12B, from what I can tell, for whatever reason the NF-S12A is the newest meaning the order of release goes (from oldest to newest) S12, S12B, S12A. Finally, these fans are best suited to case cooling. Noctua have a handy page which tells you which of there fans are suited for what sorts of roles: http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=which_fan_is_right_for_me To sum up, these fans have significantly reduced the amount of noise produced by my computer, and best of all, my computer still runs cold!

I bought two of these to install in a push-pull configuration on a Gelid 7 heatpipe cpu cooler. The cpu is an i7 980X, the original hexacore Gulftown which was being recycled from a watercooled setup. I do not overclock expensive cpus so the object was to get a cpu cooling arrangement able to dissapate the full standard 130w, while keeping noise levels to a minimum. (The cpu can sit at 100% utilisation, all 12 threads active, for extended periods when doing video conversions) The Gelid cooler was a pig to install, but the fans are very sensibly enhanced from earlier generations, which I used extensively. Noise reducers on the corners, turbulence minimising design features (compare the cfm and db levels with their earlier, excellent fans) and most importantly PWM control, allowing for proportional speed control. I used one of their supplied splitters to attach the fans to the cpu header on the motherboard and each fan was wired in series with the supplied low noice speed reducer. The results are excellent, inaudible in normal usage, but with the ability to speed up should that be required to keep the cpu temp under control. Very highly recommended.

High quality. Effective cooling at very quiet levels with a range of mounting and connectivity accessories. Also worth noting, Noctua honour their generous warranties.

Auch hier bekommt man wieder die von Noctua gewohnte hochwertige Qualität geliefert. Dank seinem hohen Durchsatz, dafür mit weniger statischem Druck, hat man hier einen Lüfter der sich hervoragend dafür eignet die warme CPU Luft aus dem Gehäuse zu schaufeln. Dank der PWM Regelung hat man hier auch einen sehr leisen Betrieb oder einen kleinen Orkan, wenn man voll aufdreht. Da ich die Asus Lüftersteuerung nutze, habe ich einen Bereich von etwa 620rpm (idle) bis 850rpm (Last bei etwa 55° CPU). In diesem Bereich ist der Lüfter praktisch nicht zu hören, schafft aber genug warme Luft hinaus. Wichtig ist lediglich das die Gitter vor oder hinter dem Lüfter großzügig dimensioniert sind. Falls die Gitter zu engmaschig sind, ist der NF-P12 die bessere Wahl. Das einzige was den Gesamteindruck etwas trübt, sind die Silikonstifte um den Lüfter zu montieren. Diese steckt man von außen durch das Gitter und setzt den Lüfter auf und zieht die Stifte durch die Löcher. Was bei einem Frontlüfter noch aktzeptabel ist, sofern man ihn beidseitig erreichen kann, ist beim Hecklüfter eine sehr fummelige Angelegenheit. Die hinteren beiden Stifte konnte ich nur mit einer Pinzette greifen und bis zur Rast ziehen. Hier macht es die Konkurrenz mit beidseitigen Stiften oder dem bequiet System deutlich besser. Fazit: Wenn der Lüfter erstmal montiert ist, hat man einen zuverlässigen, leistungsfähigen und leisen Gehäuselüfter.

Harika

Super matos! Utilisés dans un boitier Be-quiet Silent base 800 en full noctua: - 2 Noctua ULN ultra silencieux 140mm en façade avec Le noise reductor pour un fonctionnement constant à 100% à 640 RPM (800 sans NR et restent quasi inaudibles) - 2 Noctua NF-S12A PWM un en pied pour apport d'air frais, le second en extraction arrière à 60% de 10 à 60°C et 100% à 70°C CPU ils tournent à 750 RPM (avec le noise reductor et à 60%) - 2 noctua NF P12 PWM extraction watercooling sur rad 240 en top du boitier, avec le même réglage que pour les 2 NF-S12A. Pas de Noise reductor appliqué par contre ici. Ils tournent entre 700 et 800 RPM en moyenne et jusqu'à 1300 RPM à 100% (dès 70°C) (inaudibles sous les 900 RPM) Le tout est "quasiment" inaudible. A moins d'avoir la tête à 10 cm de la tour. Le combo silent base 800 et full Noctua est absolument magistral pour les amoureux du silence tout en gardant des performances quasi inégalées. Les NFS-12A PWM avec l’adaptateur noise-reductor pour diminuer les RPM max sont inaudibles jusqu'à 800/900 RPM et font un peu plus de bruit passé cette marge (Sans noise reductor) mais le niveau sonore reste bien meilleur que les pure wings 2 et silent wings de chez be-quiet livrés avec la tour meme à 50% seulement et qui sont pourtant déjà très bien, c'est pour dire. Ils sont parfaits pour une utilisation boitier et dans un silence absolu. Question performance mon Ryzen 5 1600x OC à 4,1Ghz 1.375V reste, avec cet ensemble, à 25°C au repos et monte à 65°C MAX en full CPU à 100% sur du stress test de plus de 20 minutes. Et dans un silence absolu. Sous la barre des 20 dB jusqu'à 60 °C. Parfait Les ULN de 14 cm en façade un tuerie de silence à 640 RPM 12 dB (15 à 800) ils sont inaudibles. Si vous cherchez des 140 mm en façade ou extraction, là où ils sont le plus exposé pour être entendus c'est ces derniers qu'ils vous faut pour un silence absolue malgré des performances supérieures. Commentaire commun pour les reviews des trois types de ventilateurs donc un peu long mais je préfère vous donner une vue plus globale de la performance du produit avant votre possible achat et ça évite de poster trois reviews pour chacun des produits. Noctua une valeur sure: performance et silence et une garantie sur 6 ans constructeur qui rassure. P.S. Deux bémols: - Prix correspondant à la qualité donc un peu élevé. - Si vous cherchez du design partez sur les gammes chromax black car il faut l'avouer, visuellement, cette gamme Noctua n'est pas la référence ;) . Boitier fermé pour moi donc aucun soucis si vous êtes dans le même cas. Sinon après ce marron, blanc cassé marron, c'est une marque de fabrique des autrichiens Noctua. Votre PC est signé et reconnaissable si fenêtré ou ouvert ;) - Les ventilateurs les plus silencieux mais n'idéalisez pas non plus de trop car ils restent audibles à haute-vitesse (sauf gamme uln) mais avec les bons réglages et dans une tour adaptée vous pourriez dormir à coté.

Não tem erro com os produtos da Noctua - fazem vc ficar impressionado com a qualidade e desempenho -muito bom mesmo.

Mooves air fast and silent. With lower pressure